Well you can't really blame this one on Carnival. Aren't those two kind of young to be on a cruise anyway? When I think of cruise passengers I picture old people like my dad and his new wife playing shuffleboard and hitting the buffet and has-been actors from the 1970s like on Love Boat.

Wellon Dowd:I have never been interested in going on a cruise because it seemed like it would be dull. I never realized the ever-present specter of death was such a big part of the experience.

I never was until we had a kid...now it seems like a good way to take a vacation without having to haul around the kid stuff everywhere we go. At least until she's old enough to get around without a diaper bag and all that.

Disney, though. If I am going to be stranded at sea with no food and horrible diarrhea, there had better be fun, damn it.

i took a cruise ship from baltimore to the bahamas. from baltimore to florida, the ship is moving at commuter speed, not cruising speed. it is so windy on the top deck, they have to close it. otherwise, people would be falling off that deck left and right. add some rough seas and a rain-soaked surface, and i am surprised it doesn't happen more often.

Be reasonable. If you have been stranded for more than about three or four hours and no ships have happened to pass by, your chances of survival are extremely low. While it may be depressing, console yourself with memories of good times, the fact that you will probably pass out before you drown.

Be reasonable. If you have been stranded for more than about three or four hours and no ships have happened to pass by, your chances of survival are extremely low. While it may be depressing, console yourself with memories of good times, the fact that you will probably pass out before you drown.

Be reasonable. If you have been stranded for more than about three or four hours and no ships have happened to pass by, your chances of survival are extremely low. While it may be depressing, console yourself with memories of good times, the fact that you will probably pass out before you drown.